MARLBORO — Thank you, Amy Comerchero! We've been sooooo lucky.
Enjoy a good rest, and then we'll look forward to what's next for you - and our tummies.
Rick Holmes, of Marlboro, is a retired newspaper editor and columnist. MARLBORO-Ho Chi Minh City,
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When the Brattleboro Union High School Bears football team took the field in the season opener against Middlebury on Sept. 1 at Natowich Field, and voices singing the national anthem rose to the line "and the rockets' red glare," in the sky appeared a small Cessna 182. Perfectly poised, the plane, piloted by 17-year-old BUHS senior Ben Berg, saluted the team and celebrated the first varsity sports event at the school with its new mascot, the Bears. "It was awesome,"
If it's December, it's time for a capella legend Sean Altman to come to Putney. Altman will be visiting Next Stage Arts Project to present the two musical projects that dominate his time these days. On Friday, Dec. 15, at 7:30 p.m., Altman brings his group, the GrooveBarbers, with special guests, the Putney Central School Chorus, in their fourth annual holiday concert. The GrooveBarbers' annual show has become a staple of the holiday season in Putney and returns by popular...
Vermont's environmental heritage has been defined over time, and today it is being tested or challenged by goals to have the state have 90 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2050. A special recent report on VTDigger, “Tax breaks drive Vermont's solar gold rush,” indicates that solar developers have their eyes on Vermont due to these additional incentives. Can this expansion of solar, and even wind on our ridgelines, be compatible with articulated environmental and land-use goals? It...
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